rivercityvibe   “Puerile, smutty, schoolboy nonsense” – My Mom

I like satire. Can you tell? Rainn Wilson lookalike, Ben Folds performs cover versions which, though clever, are fundamentally satirical. Here he is with his classic version of Dr. Dre’s seminal Bitches ain’t Shit:

Anyway, said Folds will be in Jacksonville on Saturday April 4, 2009. The Times-Union are giving away tickets.

I’m going to be there. You?

I bow to nobody in my admiration for Dr. Dre, Snoop, Biggie and the rest of my homes, ya feel me? Dre’s song “bitches ain’t shit” is a favorite of mine.

Sometimes, however, it’s nice to go back to a simpler time, when songs went unarmed and hairstyles did not matter. To sum up my feelings this morning, I have dug deep and come up with a timeless classic. Control your ADHD and watch/listen to the whole thing. It will make your day a tiny bit better.

And that is a rivercityvibe guarantee.

No more champagne
And the fireworks are through
Here we are, me and you
Feeling lost and feeling blue
Its the end of the party
And the morning seems so grey
So unlike yesterday
Nows the time for us to say…

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we dont we might as well lay down and die
You and i

Seems to me now
That the dreams we had before
Are all dead, nothing more
Than confetti on the floor
Its the end of a decade
In another ten years time
Who can say what well find
What lies waiting down the line
In the end of eighty-nine…

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we dont we might as well lay down and die
You and i

(Oh, and Jacksonville is asking “is that Bobby S. on the right hand side?”)

This is about the best thing I have ever seen in my life. Somebody took a Dr. Dre CD to band camp and the geeks created something awesome….

This is NSFW if you work somewhere where you cannot listen to songs which contain foul language (primarily, the words ‘bitches’ and ‘shit’. But worse ones too. Like ‘fuck’).

Now that’s a real conversation for your ass……